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\"Travelers<\/p>\n

Travelers move through Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City on Oct. 16 (Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch).<\/p>\n

This report has been updated.<\/em><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 13th time to advance a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government until Nov. 21 and end the nearly one-month government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Tuesday was also the day when air traffic controllers, who are working without pay, missed their first full paychecks. The\u00a0FlightAware delays tracker<\/a> reported 7,404 delays within, into or out of the United States on Monday and 161 cancellations within the U.S. A temporary ground stop\u00a0was issued\u00a0<\/a>at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning due to staffing issues.<\/p>\n

In the nation\u2019s capital, the\u00a054-45\u00a0vote<\/a> was nearly identical to the\u00a0previous 12 votes,<\/a> as Republicans and Democrats stuck to their positions. The legislation needed at least 60 votes to advance, under the Senate\u2019s legislative filibuster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and\u00a0Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, both Democrats,\u00a0and Maine independent Sen. Angus King voted with Republicans to advance the legislation. Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul voted no.<\/p>\n

Vance defends SNAP cutoff<\/h4>\n

Democrats are under increasing pressure to pass the House-passed GOP stopgap measure, with 42 million Americans\u00a0at risk of losing food assistance<\/a> for November, many federal workers beginning to\u00a0miss their paychecks\u00a0<\/a>and one of the largest unions representing federal workers calling for an end to the government shutdown, now at day 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amid the government shutdown, the Trump administration\u00a0has moved to lay off federal workers,<\/a> and a federal judge is holding a Tuesday hearing to\u00a0consider a preliminary injunction<\/a> to block the mass Reductions in Force, or RIFs.<\/p>\n

As President Donald Trump continues his overseas travel throughout Asia meeting with foreign leaders, Vice President JD Vance\u00a0joined\u00a0Senate Republicans during their Tuesday caucus lunch meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vance defended USDA\u2019s decision to not tap into its contingency fund provided by Congress to continue food assistance benefits amid a funding lapse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re exploring all options,\u201d Vance said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After attending a caucus lunch meeting with Senate Republicans, Vice President JD Vance briefly speaks with reporters on day 28 of the government shutdown, Oct. 28, 2025.
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Congress provided USDA with the multi-year contingency fund, which totals about $6 billion \u2014 short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of SNAP benefits. USDA would have to reshuffle funds to provide November payments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying as much as possible to ensure that critical food benefits get paid,\u201d Vance said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A coalition of Democratic state officials Tuesday sued<\/a> the Trump administration and urged a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release SNAP benefits for 42 million people.<\/p>\n

Vance called on five Democrats to join Senate Republicans in approving a short-term funding bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Democrats just opened up the government, then we wouldn\u2019t have to play this game where \u2026 we\u2019re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole with the budget,\u201d Vance said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats have continued to vote against the House\u2019s GOP short-term spending bill to draw attention to and force negotiations on tax credits that will expire at the end of the year for people who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. Republicans maintain the government must reopen before they begin any talks.<\/p>\n

Votes possible on SNAP funding<\/h4>\n

Republicans are also weighing whether to pass a stand-alone bill by GOP Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley to approve funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ten Senate Republicans have joined to sponsor the bill, including\u00a0Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins of Maine.\u00a0One Democratic senator also cosponsored the bill, Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democrats would also introduce their own separate bill to provide funding for not only SNAP, but for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC.<\/p>\n

During a Tuesday press conference, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., did not seem receptive to scheduling a Senate vote on a stand-alone bill to address SNAP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, this piecemeal approach where you do one off here, one off there, to make it seem more politically palatable to somebody\u2026that is just a wrong way to do this,\u201d Thune said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, he argued that Democrats should just support the stopgap spending bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another critical deadline is approaching. Active-duty military members will miss their paychecks by Friday if the government is still in a funding lapse. The Trump administration already\u00a0reprogrammed $8 billion\u00a0<\/a>earlier this month from multi-year research funds from the Defense Department in order to pay the troops.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Vance said the Trump administration expects to be able to pay troops this Friday, although the vice president didn\u2019t detail where those funds would come from.<\/p>\n

Before Tuesday morning\u2019s vote, Thune said Democrats should listen to calls for an end to the shutdown from the\u00a0American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, labor union, which typically aligns with Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, also cited the call from AFGE, telling Democrats \u201cyou have an off-ramp,\u201d during a Tuesday press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe largest unions are saying, \u2018Please do this,\u2019\u201d Johnson said. \u201cYou can claim that as cover and say that you had to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, there were dueling bills from both parties related to paying federal workers amid the shutdown,\u00a0but those efforts failed to meet the 60-vote threshold to move forward.<\/a><\/p>\n

The end of the 2019 government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, was in part due to shortages of air traffic controllers that upended air travel across the country and forced lawmakers to strike a deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schumer critical of administration shutdown decisions<\/h4>\n

During a Tuesday press conference, Schumer slammed the Trump administration for refusing to tap into its contingency fund for SNAP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe money is there,\u201d the New York Democrat said. \u201cThe hungry people, the hungry children, the hungry veterans, the hungry elderly, could be fed, but Trump\u2019s using them as hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the 42 million people on SNAP, roughly 40% are children 17 and younger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also criticized Trump for traveling abroad and for his administration\u2019s priority to\u00a0demolish the East Wing of the White House<\/a> for a ballroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHis number one priority is his ballroom,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cWhen people are suffering, what kind of president is this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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